American - 52 (Head Coach: Art Perry) - [Unranked]

Player	Min	FG	FGA	3pt FG	3pt FGA	FT	FTA	Off Reb	Def Reb	Tot Reb	PF	Ast	St	BS	TO	Pts
Jarion Childs	30	3	4	0	0	1	4	1	4	5	2	2	3	0	3	7
Nathan Smith	35	6	13	4	11	0	0	1	1	2	4	1	0	0	3	16
Dave Small	34	1	7	0	0	3	3	4	5	9	1	4	0	0	3	5
Saliou Telly	32	3	8	0	0	1	2	2	1	3	3	0	0	0	1	7
Matt Brown	18	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	3
Henry Marquiss	14	1	6	0	0	0	2	2	2	4	4	1	1	1	2	2
Ossie Jones	17	2	6	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	2	5
Stephen Clayton	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0
David Olsen	6	2	4	2	4	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	7
Jim Spadafore	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Team								2	0	2
Totals	200	19	51	7	17	7	15	14	15	29	17	11	6	1	17	52

Kentucky - 75 (Head Coach: Orlando Smith) - [Ranked 4th by AP]

Player	Min	FG	FGA	3pt FG	3pt FGA	FT	FTA	Off Reb	Def Reb	Tot Reb	PF	Ast	St	BS	TO	Pts
Allen Edwards	32	6	10	2	5	2	2	2	2	4	0	5	2	0	0	16
Scott Padgett	26	5	6	1	2	0	0	1	6	7	1	5	2	0	5	11
Jamaal Magloire	17	3	6	0	0	2	2	1	5	6	2	0	0	0	1	8
Wayne Turner	24	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	1	0	6
Jeff Sheppard	11	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2
Nazr Mohammed	17	5	5	0	0	1	2	1	3	4	1	1	1	1	0	11
Heshimu Evans	14	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	4
Cameron Mills	15	3	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	8
Saul Smith	16	0	3	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	2
Myron Anthony	8	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1
Michael Bradley	9	2	2	0	0	2	4	2	0	2	0	2	1	1	2	6
Ryan Hogan	9	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	0
Steve Masiello	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Team								0	1	1
Totals	200	29	51	5	13	12	16	8	22	30	11	22	9	4	10	75

Game Writeup - Courtesy of Dr. Jeffrey Neil Burch; Dr. J's UK Newsletter, Vol. 7 No. 17. (All Rights Reserved)

American Pie:

UK defeated the American Eagles 75-52 in Rupp Arena. Kentucky was ranked #4 by AP for this game.

Scott Padgett scored the game's 1st pts, but American went up on a Nathan Smith 3 to take a 3-2 lead. The lead see-sawed for a few minutes before Kentucky went up permanently following a Padgett 3 (making the score 9-8). But shots by Jones and a Nathan Smith 3 closed to within 20-19, and American actually tied the game at 25-25 following a Telly 19 footer. UK scored the next 10 pts, however (thanks to a Turner 12 footer, a pair of Smith FTs, an Edwards steal and dunk, an Edwards tipin putback, and an Edwards dunk). The Wildcats led 35-25 at the break, having shot 50% from the floor in the 1st half and having only 3 turnovers.

Kentucky started to pull away in the 2nd half, with Padgett scoring on a 12 footer and a dunk. Childs finally hit a 15 footer, but UK's press began to wear down the Eagles, and after a Padgett 18 footer it was 43-29 Kentucky. With the score 45-34 just after a TV timeout, UK scored the next 12 pts thanks to a Mills 3, a couple of Mohammed layups, a long Mills 2, and an Edwards 3. With the large margin, Coach Tubby Smith took out Jeff Sheppard who was still suffering pain from a minor back injury. A Mohammed hook made it 62-37 Kentucky, and the Cats again went on a tear, scoring the next 7 straight pts. Nathan Smith hit a 3, but the writing was on the wall. Near the end a technical foul was called on Mike Bradley for hanging on the rim [JNB note - officials seem to have gotten away from calling this, possibly due to the provision that players may hold onto the rim to avoid injury. Nevertheless, Bradley's action was certainly no worse than many other rim-grabs for which fouls are not called]. The Wildcats cruised at the end (leading by as much as 32) before settling for a 75-52 victory, following a FT and 3 by Olsen which closed the margin somewhat.

American player Ossie Jones had played against the UK JV team while attending Hargrave Military Academy.

Scott Padgett (#34) works inside against American's Matt Brown and Jarion Childs

Allen Edwards (#3) blocks the shot of American's Ossie Jones (#5)

Jamaal Magloire shoots over American's Jarion Childs

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